ANA ISABEL NUNES points to the empowering legacy of Augusto Boal’s Theatre Of The Oppressed

JOHN NEWSHAM draws attention to the uncompromising path of US singer/songwriter CONOR OBERST

HYUN KYONG HANNAH CHANG draws attention to the role that music has always played in South Korean protest

BEN SELLERS explains why Britain needs a People’s Charter now

DAVID YEARSLEY celebrates the long-awaited issue of a mythic live recording featuring John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy

KEITH FLETT looks at a Labour turncoat behind the ratcheting up of measures to courtail the right to protest

SARRA GRIRA introduces a song by the Egyptian band Cairokee that has become an anthem for divorce from the western world

Access needs for patients with mobility issues still a problem at many NHS trusts, writes RUTH HUNT

Not only the Morning Star, as RICHARD HORNSEY, ANNA GREENWOOD and HILARY INGRAM explain with a brief history of Britain’s obsession with the hot water bottle

LEORA HADAS points out the paradox that renders nature programmes apolitical and unable to transmit the urgency of the climate crisis

NIGEL FLANAGAN argues that to built on the modest success of the recent wave of strikes it is indispensable to arrest the continuing decline of membership